Los penetrados
“To screw it in someone’s ass” is a metaphor that suggests subjection and power. This is the clearest way in…
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Runa Islam
The Kunsthaus Zurich and the Folkwang Museum in Essen are simultaneous hosts of the exhibition “Restless Subject,” the first solo…
Gyan Panchal
A black puddle, which smells strongly of gas, spreads on the floor. A circular piece of turquoise fabric with frayed…
Contrary Signs
Against the tumultuous backdrop of conflict along Pakistan’s northern border with Afghanistan, the ethnic insurgency in the south-western province of…
Seb Patane
Catherine Wood: Your recent work refers to or features images of men from political organizations in the ’60s and ’70s…
Adel Abdessemed
MohammedKarlpolpot was born in Paris on October 10, 1999. The brainchild of Adel Abdessemed, MohammedKarlpolpot is an imaginary character whose…
Marlene Dumas
Let’s be clear, it’s not about the color of the skin. Even if I have to admit I have never seen…
53rd Venice Biennale
MIKE BOUCHET Castro Valley, USA, 1970. He lives and works in Frankfurt DAVID BESTUÉ AND MARC VIVES David…
Katarzyna Kobro and Lygia Clark
The exhibition “Katarzyna Kobro/ Lygia Clark” activated the new building of one of the oldest museums of modern art, Muzeum…
Kutlug Ataman
When my parents, decades ago, had our Super-8 home movies professionally transferred onto VHS tapes, a mishap resulted in the…
Becky Beasley
A certain discrepancy exists at the heart of Becky Beasley’s work. Between the dark humbleness of her sculptures and gelatin…
Guy Ben-Ner
Maurizio Cattelan: I will start with a quote: in a review of your show a year ago in Artforum you…
Bruce Nauman
Confronted by Bruce Nauman’s work, the viewer becomes psychologically disturbed.The artist’s efforts to turn an idea into an artwork, to…
Turning the Wheel
The international exhibition of the 53rd Venice Biennale, “Making Worlds,” opens on the 7th June under the directorship of Daniel…
Gintaras Didžiapetris
Deliberately eschewing a few key methods of dissemination synonymous with the communication of contemporary art and the promotion of an…
Craft
First comes the artwork and then the artist, or that’s how it was in antiquity. Today, however, the system presumes…